Issahaku Yakubu

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Issahaku Yakubu
Personal information
Full name Issahaku Yakubu [1]
Date of birth (1994-06-17) 17 June 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Ghana
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left Back
Team information
Current team
 Wadi Degla
Youth career
0000–2014 JMG Academy Accra
2014–2015 Lierse
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2018 Lierse 61 (0)
2018–2019 Ergotelis 11 (1)
2019– Wadi Degla 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 March 2019

Issahaku "Leftey" Yakubu (born 17 June 1994) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as Left-back for Egyptian Premier League club National Bank Of Egypt FC.

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Club career

Yakubu began his career at the JMG Academy in Ghana and moved to the youth squad of Belgian Pro League side Lierse in 2014. [2] He was promoted to the senior squad in July 2015 and played for Lierse in the Belgian Second Division until May 2018, [2] when the club went bankrupt.

In the summer of 2018, Yakubu signed a two-year contract with Greek Football League club Ergotelis. [2] He scored his first goal ever in his fourth cap with the club, during a 2–1 Away win vs. fellow Cretan club AO Chania Kissamikos. His performances with Ergotelis impressed club owner Maged Samy, who arranged for Yakubu's transfer to his Egyptian Premier League side Wadi Degla in the winter of 2019. [3]

Career statistics

As of matches played 8 January 2019 [4]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lierse 2014–15 Belgian Pro League 0000—1 [lower-alpha 1] 010
2015–16 Belgian Second Division 3000——30
2016–17 25010—8 [lower-alpha 2] 0340
2017–18 19010—5 [lower-alpha 2] 0250
Total47020—140630
Ergotelis 2018–19 Football League 11150——161
Total11150——161
Wadi Degla 2018–19 Premier League 7100——71
Total7100——71
Career total65270—140762

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References

  1. ↑ "Leftey hopeful of Lierse return to Belgian Pro League". goal.com.
  2. 1 2 3 "Διετές συμβόλαιο υπέγραψε ο Yakubu Issahaku!" (in Greek). ergotelis.gr. 6 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Στην Wadi Degla ο Yakubu". www.ergotelis.gr (in Greek). Ergotelis F.C. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  4. ↑ Issahaku Yakubu at Soccerway
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